(19)
(11) EP 0 604 177 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.02.1995 Bulletin 1995/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/26

(21) Application number: 93310337.6

(22) Date of filing: 20.12.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5A45C 11/00, B65D 75/36
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 21.12.1992 US 995607

(71) Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION PRODUCTS, INC.
Jacksonville, Florida 32216 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Abrams, Richard
    Jacksonville, FL 32223 (US)
  • Ebel, James A.
    Jacksonville, FL 32256-7623 (US)
  • Edwards, Russell J.
    Jacksonville, FL 32258 (US)
  • Keene, Darren S.
    Jacksonville, FL 32257 (US)

(74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Ophthalmic lens package


    (57) An ophthalmic lens package for inspection, sterilization, and delivery of the lens having a substantial planar first surface with a concave bowl, the bowl having a radius of curvature larger than the radius of the lens placed inside the bowl allowing the lens to center and settle in the middle of the bowl. About the bowl is an annular sealing area, preferably a planar annulus raised above the first planar surface away from the bowl, circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl. The package is hermetically sealed along the sealing area with a sealing sheet substantially parallel with the first planar surface and covering the concave bowl. The package is constructed of a non-nucleated polymer so that when water is placed in the bowl, the polymer surface is sufficiently wettable to substantially flatten the water meniscus in the center and thereby eliminate associated optical aberrations, permitting undistorted in-package inspection.





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